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The Salvation Army will be providing approximately 5,000 Thanksgiving holiday meals through annual meal events at locations statewide from Hanapepe to Honoka‘a, including the 48th annual Thanksgiving Meal at Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall in Honolulu for approximately 2,000 guests. [See below for locations, dates and times.] And, thanks to the previously announced donation from Hawaii-born […]

When managers of The Salvation Army’s Hilo Thrift Store returned to re-open the store on Monday, Aug. 27, following a closure for Hurricane Lane, they found portions of the store heavily damaged by water. Sometime between when the store closed on Wednesday, Aug. 22, and Monday morning Aug. 27, portions

First Hawaiian Bank announced it is extending its donation collection for the Aloha for Hawaii Fund through June 30, 2018. All First Hawaiian Bank branches in Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan are accepting monetary donations to support the Kilauea Volcano relief efforts on the Big Island and the recovery from flooding taking place on Kauai and […]

Emergency Disaster Services [EDS] personnel and volunteers from The Salvation Army are responding to the current lava flow in Leilani Estates with meal service, hydration, clothing vouchers and emotional and spiritual care at the shelters and the Recovery Information Assistance Center [RIAC] in Pahoa.

With today’s additional evacuation in the Lanipuna area of Leilani Estates, the need has grown for additional large volume meal donations from local restaurants and certified kitchens [due to health safety food preparation standards] for meal service at shelters. To donate large volume meals, local restaurants and certified kitchens may contact The Salvation Army at […]

A team of Oahu Red Cross volunteers is deployed to the Big Island Tuesday (May 8) to assist with sheltering, operations, and health services. As of midnight, there were nearly 200 people at the Pahoa Community Center and 15 people at the Keaau Community Center shelter.

A team of Red Cross volunteers from Oahu will be deploying to Hawaii Island tomorrow (May 8) to assist with sheltering, operations, and health services. About 40 Red Cross volunteers have been working tirelessly to assist all evacuees with their immediate emergency needs. As of today, 50 comfort relief kits have been distributed and 120 […]

Two American Red Cross shelters remain open for residents evacuated from their homes due to the Kilauea lava threat in Pahoa and Keaau. As of 12 noon today (May 6), there were about 250 people at the Pahoa Community Center and 15 people at the Keaau Community Center shelter. About 40 Red Cross volunteers have […]

Emergency Disaster Services [EDS] personnel and volunteers from The Salvation Army are responding to the current lava flow in Leilani Estates. The team provided 50 cases of bottled water for the shelter at the Pahoa Community Center on Thursday evening and served 76 meals at the Pahoa shelter on Friday (May 4).

The County of Hawai’i is very grateful for the overwhelming generosity of our community towards our distressed neighbors who have evacuated amid the eruption event. However, we must ask you to refrain from dropping off any monetary, in-kind or food donations, including prepared food donations at the shelters. The County is working with The Salvation […]

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in connection with a suspicious vehicle fire in Kailua-Kona. Shortly after midnight Thursday (December 8) police received a report of a vehicle fire on the 74-5500 block of Kaiwi Street. Arriving officers found a Salvation Army delivery truck’s rear storage area fully engulfed in flames. Fire […]